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The assist was prob during the surgery. The whole billing thing is crazy! I don't know what to advise you to do.... It sounds like you may have a stricture. Do you know how to do a search on here? You'll find lots of info and others peoples experience. I agree w you that an ER doc is a 50/50 crapshot, but maybe that's the place to start? Maybe from there you can be pointed in the right direction?

You're very welcome. Some things I wish I didn't know....

Lana- the metallic taste could be your body in ketosis. Can you up your carb intake? I'm not sure I understand your situation though....have you felt crappy for 2 years? Did something suddenly change? Can you find a bariatric doc that can see you? Have you been having your follow-up bloodwork these past 2 years?

I take Magnesium 500 mg every nite. Around my TOM I sometimes have to take miralax. Haven't been constipated since the first month. When i forget the Magnesium I can tell though....

IggyChic is correct. Don't just quit cold turkey. I've been on and off pain meds most of my adult life, and it's really important to stay ahead of the pain, and to decrease the meds slowly. Iggy's schedule sounds right on target. :-)

Yah!!! I'm so glad you are better!! Now, be good and seriously take it easy! I was a month or so out and bent over to put something in the grocery cart and pulled something internal. It only hurt for about a week, and nothing like your pain was, but it can happen! On a side note, I have a sports car. An RX-8. I was going to sell it because it just wasn't fun to drive anymore. Pre-surgery i had for sale signs up and everything. 55 pounds later I LOVE it!! I'm not gonna sell it. I can get in and out of it and zip around town! I can't wait till I lose the rest of my weight (50 pounds). I'm gonna look damn fine in my little sports car! So, when you are ready, Blackie is going to be a blast!!

No funks allowed!! Uh uh!! Unless of course, you are doing the FUNKY CHICKEN!!! Oh yeah!!!!

You are doing great!!!! Keep up the good work!!

Still at 198. I'm yoo-yooing around! Oh well. I started Water aerobics this week and feel great! I can tell my body is reshaping itself.

Awesome! Please thank your wife for us!! We appreciate the encouragement!

I do. I've lost 55 pounds. My legs have thinned out, my butt got lost somewhere and my boobs are like streetlights. But I still got my belly and hips!!! They are going to be the last to go, I guess!! I'm still in pants 16/18. We'll lose it, eventually! :-)

Iggychic, this one's for you 'cause it has my doggies! Still holding at 197-198 these past few weeks. My body is in a readjustment period after losing 1-1.5 pounds weekly since my surgery on 8/21.

8:20pm? And you've only consumes 200 calories? Be careful, you could be sending your body into starvation mode. Your body will also start taking away from your muscle. Your organs, esp your heart, is a muscle and need nutrients to survive. Do you have a nutritionist? You really should be consuming 500-800 calories, 60-100 Protein. Carbs vary depending on how your body uses them. I need to keep mine at 20. Some people can have up to 80 or so. Play around with that, but don't play around w starving yourself for very long. Use this time to learn how to eat and learn forever healthy eating habits. :-)

Oh! I HATE that!!! Posting pixs on FaceBook w/o asking people is so very offensive. It really is wrong. On a positive note, I've lost 50 pounds and was very comfortable having my pic taken this Christmas. It's a nice feeling!! Good luck to all you future sleevers!

Glenda, you need pain relief!! Do you have a PCP you can go to? Or even an urgent care? I cannot believe that your surgeon isn't giving you anything!! You need to get on the phone and be persistent!! Call him on off hours and tell his service how much you hurt. Let him be disrupted! Your pain level is just unacceptable.

The thing is...you won't know until post surgery. Some people have it easy, others don't. And there's no way to tell ahead of time. Also, you could be fine one day and the next day pull on a suture attached to a muscle and wam! You're in horrible pain for a few days or weeks. And the fatigue is hard to deal with. I hope that you are one of the lucky ones who fly through this easily! Good luck!

Thank you Pookey for posting this and to all the others that posted after you. This topic is so crucial to our success. We will all slip, some more than others, but it will happen because we are human. I am 4 months postop. For me, I've been really concentrating more on eating healthy, working on my lazy eating habits, and trying to develop a better overall healthier life. That is more important to me than losing weight quickly. So with that in mind, my question to all of you: has your post-sleeve way of living been relatively easy to slip back into once you were ready to admit that you'd gone off the path? We've all done a lot of work post-op to develop new habits. Do you think that has helped you come back to the healthier lifestyle? Thank you!!! And lots of luck to all of you.

That is SO awesome! What a fun feeling.